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DIAL-A-DIVA 2005 home Listen (redial)

2005 schedule the 2005 Dial-A-Diva team


DIAL-A-DIVA 2005 perfromers schedule - ARCHIVE
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GMT
(Local Time)
DIVA / location type of performance
08:00
(21:00)
Michele Morgan (New Zealand)
original songs >> more info
08:15
(19:15)
Maryen Cairns (Australia) original songs >> more info

08:30
(21:30)

PD - tbc
(Aukland, New Zealand)
extended vocal work
08:45 OPEN SLOT (5 mins)
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08:50
Claire Smith
(Glasgow, Scotland)
singing her own song "Scissors in my Heart"
09:00 Ah-Bin Shim (Sapporo, Japan) Korean songs & Japanese sounds from Korean artist Ah-Bin in Japan
09:10 OPEN SLOT (20 mins)
(radio scotland listeners invited!)
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09:30
(19:30)
Richard Thompson
(Queensland, Australia)
"I thought I'd do a couple of crooning style numbers: Begin the Beguine, I love you because you understand me (made popular by Jim Reeves) and a song that I wrote the melody to the words of Australian poet Francis Brabazon (1907 -1984) -Last night while we slept-, Ghazal (pronounced as in guzzle) no. 96 from his book of poetry "In Dust I Sing". A Ghazal is a poetic form perfected by the 14th century Sufi mystic poet Hafiz.

09:45
(19:45)

Jenny Thompson
(Queensland, Australia)
Will sing Bette Midler's The Rose
09:50
Frances M. Lynch & 60 kids
(Biggleswade, England)
Will teach us all to sing the Snowman song just before their performance at the Weatherley Centre, Biggleswade.
10:00
(18:00)
Sam Ray (Perth, Australia) >> more info
10:30
(21:30)
mime (Melbourne, Australia) >> more info
11:00
(20:30)

Darwin Choral (Darwin, Australia)

will phone-cast an extract from their performance of Handel's Messiah
11:20 Katya, Madelaine
& Adrian Searle
(Glasgow, scotland)
songs phonecast from the DIAL-A-DIVA hub at the CCA Gallery
11:30
(19:30)
li jia zhen
(China)
will sing a classical chinese song
11:35
(19:35)
dai zu le dui
(China)
will sing a classical chinese song
11.40 Gill Hunter (Edinburgh, Scotland) original poppy celtic songs >>more info
11:45
(20:45)
Brian Cullen (Nagoya, Japan) selection of irish folk songs all the way from Japan
11:55 Paul Burnell (UK) will perform Brake Drum Assembly, which is one of Burnell's own piece, it lasts about 3 minutes. It is in a semi-sung/almost-rap style. It is, he says, "A cautionary tale about the dangers of loving a sports car more than your partner"
12:00 Karenna Caun (Lancaster, England) operatic singing from Lancaster
12:30
(20:30)
Elva, or friend tbc (Singapore) details to follow
12:45
(20:45)
Juliet Pang (Singapore) details to follow
13:00 Voices from the Climate Change Demonstration in London five minutes of warm sound from chilly streets of London
13:05 OPEN SLOT (15 mins) +44 (0) 141 227 1830 call a little in advance and we will call you back!
13:20
(18:40)
Jayalakshmi Sekhar
(Chennai, India)
will perform Carnatic Music
>> more info
13:40
(16:40)
Alexander Pertovskii
(St. Petersburg, Russia)
will sing his favourite song
13:45 OPEN SLOT (15 mins) +44 (0) 141 227 1830 call a little in advance and we will call you back!

14:00
(12:00)

Brita and children from the newly formed NGO Afro, Indian, Brazilian Kids (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) singing a selection of samba, a protest song and bossa nova including one of Brita's own songs
14:15 OPEN SLOT (25 mins) +44 (0) 141 227 1830 call a little in advance and we will call you back!
14:40 Frances M Lynch
(M1 Motorway, England)
will sing her own song written for Artists Against the War not long after the invasion of Iraq.
14:55 OPEN SLOT (5 mins) +44 (0) 141 227 1830 call a little in advance and we will call you back!
15:00
(19:00)
Peter Mahoney & the honeymoon entertainers
(Mauritius)
A phone cast from hotel entertainers in Mauritius
15:15
(20:45)
Aparna Panshikar
(Pune, India)
will be singing using electronic drone support and
purcussion (Tabla). "I'll be performing at 8 pm my local time and Indian Ragas have a time theory according to which I'll be singing night Ragas."
>> more info
15:35 Orange Pimp
(Glasgow, Scotland)
music from up and coming Glasgow band including '10,000 virgins' & other issues-based, harmonic-acoutsic songs
15:55
(16:55)
El Tornado & Rampova Kabaret with keyboardist Juli Mekanika
& Guitarist Toni Melia
(Valencia, Spain)

singing "musica FLUNK" ( flamenco punk)
El Tornado (Graham Bell) sings bilingual versions of "You are my sister" ( with Rampova) and other original FLUNK songs >>more info

16:20
(18:20)
Tu Nokwe
(South Africa)
will sing with guitar accompaniment
16:35
(20:35)

Guy Chidiac
(Sharjah, UAE)

the General Manager of the Radisson SAS hotel in Sharjah sing a husky French song
>> more info
16:40
(20:40)
Shawki Khairallah
(Dubai, UAE)
will introduce and sing an arabic song
16:45
(19:45)
Basel Talal
(Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)
the General Manager of the Radisson SAS hotel in Jeddah and will share with us an arabic song.
>> more info
16:50
(19:50)
participant from Kuwait - tbc details to follow
16:55
(18:55)
participant from Beirut, Lebanon - tbc details to follow

17:00
(20:00)

Rekik Awlachew
(Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
studying to be an engineer, and singing in the finest hotels of Addis Ababa Rekik will sing a repertoire of Whitney Houston songs >>more info
17:15
(21:15)
Music from the Avant-Gard Folk Club c/o Heghine Koshtoyan
(Yerevan, Armenia)
who are putting on a special DIAL-A-DIVA event to host Armenia's participation
17:30 Heptonstall Children's Choir conducted by Reginald Burrell (Heptonstall, England) singing a selection of songs including 'Small World Afterall'
>> link
17:40
(18:40)
Patricia Freres (Dellen, Luxemburg) will sing classical music with piano accompaniment
17:55
(18:55)
Jodi Rose - the singing bridge guard - slot tbc
(Sturovo, Slovakia)
the attendant sings in the bath >>link
18:00 Nicola Donson (Derby, England) an operatic performance
18:05
(19:05)
Emma Lindgren (Leuven, Belgium) - slot tbc will sing along to music in her headphones >>link

18:10
(19:10)

Guy Van Belle - slot tbc
(Bratislava, Slovakia)
details to follow
18:20
(19:20)
Inger Winter & Georg Tedeschi (Hamburg Germany)

Inger is an interior designer & Georg is a photographer together they will sing a lovely song
>> link

18:25
(21:25)
Elena Shaposhnikova
(St. Petersburg, Russia)
will sing her favourite song
18:35
(19:35)
Beata PoZitiva - the Positive Diva
(Vienna, Austria)
details to follow
18:40
(19:40)
Lala Uzunova (Skopje, Macedonia)
details to follow
18:50
Rona Topaz (London, England)
singing from her electro-pop repertoire 'Sweet Dreams' by Eurythimics and one of her original songs 'Be Still'
19:00
(21:00)
Raed Haweela (Jerusalem)
will sing and play Oud. Raed studied oud at Dar El-Opera/Egypt

19:15

Maja Ratkje
(Bratislava, Slovakia)
Norwegian diva, composer and performer of exciting extended vocal works will phone cast from her gig!
>> more info
19:25
(20:25)
.T.T. (Grenoble, France) will perform an acient Turkish poem from Neyzen Teyfik called "Geçer"
19:30
(14:20)
Antietam Women's Ensemble (Sharpsburg, MD USA) will sing American Shape Songs
The term "shape-note hymn" refers to a method of music teaching devised in American Colonial days (late 18th century) >>more info
20:00
mid point
++ LIVE AT THE CCA GALLERY++
Monica Brett-Crowther
(mezzo-soprano)
& Caroline Dowdle (piano)
(Glasgow, Scotland)

DIAL-A-DIVA's very own diva will sing a series of Debussy songs and extracts from the opera Pélleas & Mélisande to honour the roots of this project - the history of the Theatrephone in Paris in the late 1890s >> more info on history

20:40
(21:40)
Nelly Cakolli
(Prishtina, Kosova)
will sing a selection of songs from the local culture
20:55 Michael Gartner & Stefan Hafner
(Vienna, Austria)

will share a couple of songs in German

21:00 Paris Divas
(Paris, France)
2 divas -Alice & Valerie, with Jopostereo on harmonica and Dinahbird on champagne glasses coming live from Paris the the home of the Theatrophone
21:15 Karin Hochapfel
(London, UK)
will sing a stairwell concert from an industrial building, including songs from the musical Cabaret, followed by blues/jazz feeling with Black Coffee and Cry me a River, then entering the classical sphere, waking us up with the Habanera followed by Mio Babbino Caro and finally saying Bye Bye mein lieber Herr. >> more info
21:35 Mary Wells
(London, UK)
will sing a special song (everyone can join in)
>>more info
21:38 The Cross Continental "Aquella Noche Crew" this group of old friends are reunited by the miracles of conference calling to sing a song spanning the continents Juan & Pablo in Madrid, Zoe in Glasgow & Melissa in Montreal
21:40 Claire Knight (Glasgow, Scotland) will sing a selection of Scottish folk songs
21:50 Ruby Mills aka Ruby Juice (Glasgow, Scotland) will sing a selection of original songs with accompaniment >>more info
22:00 Jim Brady (Glasgow, Scotland) a singer, musician, writer and producer. who has always been intereted in interactive technology and blurring the lines between audience and performer. Wide ranging tastes from Jazz/Lounge to Pop/Rock
22:05
(23:05)
Björn Eriksson (Sollefteå, Sweden) will perform improvised songs with the harmonium >> more info
22:20 Lea Pischke
(Germany, UK-resident, Bristol)
Previously lived and studied in France, currently doing an MA in Creative Music Technology at Bath Spa University. Lea will read texts in German, French and English with reference to the particular intimacy that the exclusive use of one, the aural sense can provoke. A piece of music will follow.
22:25 OPEN SLOTS (35 mins) +44 (0) 141 227 1830 call a little in advance and we will call you back!
23:00
(15:00)
Carol Blum (California, USA) operatic singing from California
23:10
(21:10)
various Brazilian artists c/o Dehouche Paul will be phonecasting the sounds from the famous samba club Carioca de Gema while Henry will keep us up with the vibe at Rio Scenarium
>> more info on Dehouche
23:40
(19:40)
Janice Jackson
(Halifax, Canada)
will sing Sequenza lll (1968), Luciano Berio
"Probably the most famous vocal solo written in the 20th century, this piece jumps from emotion to emotion at lightning speed.  From laughing to crying to humming to singing to shouting to muttering, this piece takes the listener on a fantastic voyage."
>> more info
23:50
(18:50)
Gerald Schwarz
(W Irondequoit, NY, USA)
will be singing a libretto of of his own which he says 'most closely resembles a march, making alusions to certain formulaic basic components of the march, its rhythm, articulation, appoggiaturas and fanfare triplets.' This is to be sung/spoken/ sung/ spoken. >>link
00:00
(19:00)
Sharon Brooks -slot tbc
(Montreal, Canada)
details to follow
00:15
(21:15)
Gustavo Gonzales
(Buenos Aires, Argentina)
"I`m an acoustic singer...sing my own music, like oasis-kind-of-style"
00:35
(19:35)
Señor Loop (Panamá City, Panama) details to follow
00.55 OPEN SLOT (5 mins) +44 (0) 141 227 1830 call a little in advance and we will call you back!
00:50
(19:50)

Carolina Mateus
(Bogota, Colombia)
details to follow
01:10
(20:10)
Jhon Ospine
(Bogota, Colombia)
details to follow
01:15
(20:15)
Johanna Olea
(Bogota, Colombia)
details to follow
01:35
(20:35)
Dan Mecklar aka Zygomatik
(Bogota, Colombia)
defines his style as gumpop trash electro... a redefinition of nu-electro, cyber punk, clash-pop and glam-rock. He will perform as an MC with his tracks.....
01:50
(20:50)
Choeur Maha
(Montreal, Canada)
will be paying a tribute to vocal works written specifically for the female voice and at 20:50 we will be singing a beautiful piece for spatialized choir
by the Bay Area composer Maggi Payne called Desertscapes
02:00
(20:00)
La Décima Musa
(Mexico City, Mexico)
will sing spanish baroque and mexican ancient music (musica virreynal mexicana)
02:15
(21:15)
Camila Duffo
(Bogota, Colombia)
details to follow
02:30 Tripchord - slot tbc details to follow
02:45
(21:45)
Señor Loop
(Panamá City, Panama)
will sing a selection of songs with backing track
>> more info to follow
03:00
(21:00)
various artists c/o Vanessa Gray
(Oaxaca, Mexico)
details to follow
03:15
(21:20)

Javoni
(Texas USA)

New York born artist will sing smooth Hip Hop/R&B
>>more info
03:30
(21:30)
Diamondmine - slot tbc
(Minnesota, USA)
>>more info
03:45
(21:45)
e_low
(Texas, USA) - slot tbc
will sing accompanied by acoustic guitar
>> more info
04:00
(20:00)
C.A. Jordan & special guest
(LA, USA)
will sing an american spiritual over electronica beats
04:10
(20:10)
Susan Asbjornson
(Beverly Hills, USA)
We'll be starting with 3 duets from the operas Norma, Tales of Hoffmann, and Lakme and then finish with some Christmas songs
>>more info
04:30
(21:30)
Black Fire
(Phoenix, USA)
will sing some acoustic and traditional songs as well >>more info
04:50
(20:50)
Elizabeth Harmetz (LA, USA)
will sing Bill, from the musical Showboat
That's Amore, and Quando m'en vo from La Boheme
>> more info
05:00
(21:00)
Marya Basaraba (LA, USA)
We will sing the Barcarolle  from Tales of Hoffman, Offenbach and the Flower Duet from Lakme, Delibes
05:15
(21:15)
Pat Payne
will sing "Nothing's Gonna Harm You" dub style, from "Sweeney Todd." >> more info
05:20
OPEN SLOT (20 mins)
 
05:40
(23:40)
The Brave Combo
(Texas, USA)
The Grammy Award-winning band Brave Combo will be performing polkas and holiday music at the historic Tom Sefick Hall in Seaton, Texas -USA

06:00

++ slots currently available ++
please sing or we will have to phonecast the sound of us snorring...
 
07:00    
07:30
(22:30)
Libby Roderick
(Alaska USA)
internationally acclaimed singer/songwriter, poet, activist, teacher and lifelong Alaskan, Libby will sing four songs with guitar accompaniment.
>> more info
07:45
(22:45)
Admar Branco
(Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

will round of the whole event in style with waltzes and lullabies from Brazil!
1) O idiota da aldeia (rhythm: trote)- sonnet by Mario Quintana put on music by Admar Branco and Lui Coimbra
2) Como ex  (bolero) Misael da Hora and Admar Branco
3) A valsa do sapo (waltz)- Admar Branco
4) Dois e dois: quatro (waltz) - poem by Ferreira Gullar put on music by Admar Branco



DIAL-A-DIVA 2005 Archive
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